Telehealth is the Future of Mental Health Care

With the shortage of mental health clinicians and the growing number of individuals that suffer from these illnesses, the buzz surrounding telehealth has grown. The push for telehealth utilization in the future is probably going to be similar to the huge mandate for electronic health records in previous years. Eventually, all mental health providers will have to jump on board and meet health care reform needs by offering telehealth services to patients. What is holding most professionals back from utilizing this technology now? One of the major issues to implementing change and new policies is TIME. Psychiatrists, mental health practitioners and other providers are often slammed with patients. With an average of 8- 11 patients per day, each requiring 30-60 minute visits, there is no time for lunch let alone research and training on appropriate software. Due to the shortage of mental health clinicians, another issue is staffing. There is often not enough staff to conduct appointments using telehealth software. These are all issues that must be addressed in the near future. Knowing that a telehealth mandate is probably coming soon, it is time to begin planning and moving forward. How do we slowly get there before the mandate pushes us there quickly? Stay tuned!

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